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Course name
Computer Science Principles
Institution
Drexel University
Instructor
Jeffrey Popyack
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Computer Science
Course dates
2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-08 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


Course Description:
An introduction to computer science principles: the big ideas and computational thinking practices central to computer science, and the societal impact of computing and information technology. Exposure to algorithms, big data, machine learning, privacy, security and digital citizenship while introducing and reinforcing the importance of programming.

Wikipedia Project:
Students will select a topic for either a new page or a page revision on Wikipedia, research and implement their content. We will also train on MediaWiki.

Please excuse the brevity. I have already been in contact with Samantha Weald with considerably more detail about this.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Hoiden
Nbronwy
Ler93
Dr927
Dam395.drexel Daddy's Little Girl
Sl3622
Sm.whng 75 Livingston Street
Sas627
Sopheapkim
Ejf74
Alg426 One Drexel Plaza
Hingboy5
Vhn25
Tromecp154
DurrDude FHA insured loan
Keshavgoel8 Sugni Devi Girls School,Ladwa
Mlb426
Yrk23 Draft:La Bruja (song)
JohnWBonnes
Ams884 Yuki-onna Daddy's Little Girl
Kylechen1999
Mvg46
Alaina1233
Tanyayev Abington Senior High School Daddy's Little Girl
Msb357d Chandrashekarendra Saraswati
Haiku9
Dey26
Nrs86
Aro47
Slender Ben

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018   |   Thursday, 25 October 2018
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 October 2018   |   Thursday, 1 November 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 November 2018   |   Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018   |   Thursday, 15 November 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

History

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 November 2018   |   Thursday, 29 November 2018
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.